Alliance police arrest Canton man with 2+ pounds of weed, scale

ALLIANCE Police arrested a Canton man they found in a South Arch Avenue apartment with marijuana, a digital scale and food-stamp cards that do not belong to him.

Stark County Jail records said police seized the scale and 1,000 grams (2.02 pounds) of marijuana when they arrested Tyshaun D. Brown, 29, of 1723 Mount Vernon Blvd. NW, at 12:24 a.m. Friday in the apartment in the 700 block of South Arch. They also seized Ohio Direction cards belonging to two women.

Brown was jailed on felony charges of marijuana possession, criminal tools possession and two counts of illegal use of food stamps.

He remained in the jail later Friday, held in lieu of $100,000 bond pending an Alliance Municipal Court hearing.

Reach Lori at 330-580-8309 or lori.monsewicz@cantonrep.com.

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